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CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I9. I9I6.

Patented July 10, 1917. f.

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llllzllllllll/ [Mere/215;" IKN/crooks /IlIlllIlllMIIllI/ll IllllllllllJOSEPH KOMOROUS, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PARISIAN NOVELTY COM-PANY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented fully IO, IWW..

Application filed September 19, 1916. Serial No. 120,967.

Illinois, have invented anew and useful Im? provement in Containers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

` tions of the cove rs produced by Crimpingv My invention relates, moreparticularly, to improvements in containers, forming the casing orhousing of the operative parts of a self-winding or self-rewindingtape-measure and formed, generally stated, of cover-sections Withasubstantially circular wall interpo'sed therebetween andsecured tothese sections, with an opening in the said wall through whichy the freeend of the tapemeasure extends; though I do not wish to be understood asjintendingl to li'mit 4Certain features of my invention to a containerforming a part of a tape-measure, as it may be embodied in .containersof the general character above stated, but provided for other purposes.A

As a preface to the following description, it may be stated thatV wherethe Cover-sections of the container are Covered with celluloid or othermaterial, which is CommonV in practice, the inturned edges, or angedporthe same, aresofbulky, if the container is to be .economical tomanufacture and be neat inapPearanCC, that the proper interlocking offthe coverslwith the wall-portion of the container cannot be effected,whether this wall-portion be of metal or of other material, suchascelluloid, and this is especially true in the case of containersforming'parts of tape-measures ofthe type above referredto, wherein; thesubstantially Circular wall 'Contaiiisa relatively wideslot for thetape.

l Again, in structures of this character, where the part lformingthesubstantially circular 'wall ofthefcontainer'is of Celluloid, orotherlrelativelytexible material, and even where the Covers arehnotprovidedwith v-acovering of Celluloid, or the like, interlocking of thecovers with the said wall has not been effectively accomplished, owingtothejtend-y en y of the Celluloid -togive Athe'crin'lping v operation.

-I/Iy vprimaryobject, generally stated, is to provide an'ovel, simpleand economical con# struction of container in which' the substanicircular"v wall, and, preferably in" tape.-

measures, of the type above referred to, may

.be AConstructed of metal, Celluloid or other `1, the section beingtaken immediately be- 10W the lower edge of the flange of the top cover,as indicated at the line 2 on Fig. 3 and viewed in the direction of thearrow, the tape in. this view being shown as withdrawnvfrom thecontainer ory casing of the measure to the fullest extent.l Fig. 3 is asection taken at the line 3 on Fig.- 2 and viewed in the direction ofthe arrow; and Fig; 4, a view in side elevation of the rotatablespring-actuated drum or can of the measure, showing the manner `ofattaching the spring and-'tape to the can, the tape be- .inbroken away.

he container or casing of the tape-measure comprises cover-sections 5and 6, spaced apart, and a substantially cylindrical wallportion 7`extending into the space between saidCover-sections and secured thereto,as hereinafter described, to forma substantially cylindrical casing orcontainer for the operative parts of the measure, hereinafter described.In the particular construction illustrated, the Cover-sections 5 and 6each are formed of a metal disk 8 provided with van annular Han-ge 9about its circumferentlal margin, with .a covering 10 of Celluloid whichcompletely covers, the outer surface 'of the disk 8 and its flange 9 andextends overthe inner surface' `of said iange, and, preferably, part wayacross the inner surface of the disk; and a liner 11v which is locatedwithin the disk 8 and extends at its Outer circular margin preferablyinto close Contact with the Celluloid at the base por- 'tions of theflange A9. These liners l1 which vpreferably fit'flatwise againsttheinner'surfaces of the adjacent disks 8 attheir Central portions,as-indicatedat 12,Y and are out- ,vide .an annular odset `guideafportion14, for .the purpose- 'y hereinafterrdescribem are proiotawall 7, 'whichby preference is formed of Celluloid, is, in the constructionillustrated,

provided as a strip of Celluloid, with its parallel lateral portionsflanged, as indicated at 16, though these flanges would not extend at asgreat anangle to the body-portion of the strip carrying them beforebeing as sembled with the other parts shown'in Fig.

3, as the angle shown in this figure. j

,The ,liner 11 for the lower cover 6, inthe 15 particular constructionillustrated, islpro- *vided with upwardly-extending means for engagementwith the end of the coil-spring represented at 17 to hold this end rigidwith the casing, these means, in the construction 20 illustrated,comprisingtwo prongs18 which are Ibent .up from thel metal of the lowerliner 11.l The spring 17 which is located within the can, hereinbeforereferred to and represented at 19, and which iitsfairly closely ,betweenthe surfaces 14: of the upper and lowerliners 1l and' has an opening 20through which the prongs 18 extend, is interloeked at its convolutedinner end portion 21 with the-prongs 18 as illustrated in Fig. 2 and iscoiled around itself within the vcan 19, with its outer end interlockedwith the circular wall 22 of the can. To provide an attachment of thisend of the spring to the can in the desired relation tothe tape forlikewisel securing the latter to the can, I provide in the circular wall22 three slots 23, 24 and 25. The outer endof the spring 17 is bent, asindicated at 26, to extend-at its extremity through the slot 24C and atthe 4o angular portion 27 at which it is bent, in the slot 23, theouter'extremity of this end of the spring extending adjacent the innerside ofthe lwall 22 between the `slots 24. and 25 therein. The tapehaving graduations i thereon, is represented at 28, this tape ex-Vtending through a slot 29 provided in the circular wall 7 of the casing,and` which is preferably provided by employing a strip of material toform this wall, of such length 5o that when assembled with thecover-sections the ends thereof wil-l reach short of each other adistance sufficient to provide this slot of the desired'width. v tape 28,extends throughthe slot-,25 into the interior of. the can 19, -thencevoui-.wardly through the slot 23, across the outer face of the ,wallI22, and thence inwardly through lthe .slot 2t to cause its extremity toextend adjacent the inner kside of the wall 22, theI 6o section ofthetape just referred to where it passes throughtheslots 23 and 24 beingconfined between the section ofthe wall 22" between lthese slotsy andthe adjacent, portions `of lthe spring 17 which causes the tapete be v65 firmlykolamped to the'jean 22.k To further The inner end of .the

insure against disengagement ,of the` tape vfrom the can 19, I prefer toso arrange the f tape on the can, is in the direction of the ar- Y rowin Fig. 2, and thus the additional clampingaction afforded by thebending of the ltape in .a direction back upon itself augments thesecurity of the fastening. It will be understood that the tape 28 windsupon the circular wall 22 of the can under the action of the spring 17,when the operator after drawing the tape to the position shown in Fig.2, discontinuespulling on the same.

The parts of the structure are preferably assembled in the followingmanner:

The liner 11y of the coverV 6 is inserted to the position shown in Fig.3. The strip to form the circular wall 7 is then curled to generalcircular shape and inserted at one of its flanged edges into the spacebetween the fiange 9 and the annular surface 15, the flanges 16 of thestrip extending outwardly. The parts thus assembled .are then introducedinto a suitable die-'press and the l`flanged portion 9 of the cover 6crimped ov'er to the position illustrated in Fig 3 1n which itinterlocks the parts 7, lower cover 6 and liner 11 together, asVillustrated in Fig. 3. The can 19, with the spring 17 and tape 2Sattached thereto, as hereinbefore described, and upon the encirclingwall 22 of whicl the tape 28 has been preliminarily woun is thenintroduced into the space afforded by the encircling wall 7, the prongs18 extending upward through the opening` 20 in the can and interlockingwith the convoluted end 21 of the spring (Fig. 2), the spring bypreference being under slight tension in this n position. In assemblingthe parts, as stated,

the outer end of the tape 28 would be positioned within the slot 29. Theupper plate 8 and the liner 11 therefor are then applied to the upperflanged portion of the wall 7 and the flanged portion 9 of the top covercrimped by introduction into a die-press, into the positionV shown inFig. 3 for interlocking the plate 8 and liner 11 of this upper coverwith the upper flanged portion of the wall 7.

It will bey noted that the portion 15,

serves as a backing for the strip forming the wall 7 and thus even iftheplatter be of a ma terial which tends to -iex comparatively readily,it will be .held by the surface 15 in such position that the iange ofthe cover maybe crimped or otherwise bent intol the desired interlockinengagement therewith. Thisjis of special a vantage where the mate-`rial' `of 'which the wall 7 is formed is cellulo1'd,and especially whenthe plates 8 are provided with a coveringsuchas the covering 1 0, ofcelluloid, and more especially where the tendency of the wall' 7 to flexis augmented by the provisionof a slot like the slot 29 which is ofrelatively great Width. This feature, however, is of advantage where thewall 7 would 'be made of sheet metal, and Where the parts ofthecover-sections, which would be turned back for interlocking with theflanges vof the wall 7, would be so bulky that the lating to thecontainer portion of thedevice was designed, more particularly, for atape-measure, and presents its greatest advantage, so far as I now know,in a construction of this character, ll do not wish to be understood asyintending to limit the invention to this particular use, nor do lwishfto be understood as'intending to limitmyin.- ventionto theparticular embodiment illustrated and described, as variousmodifications an-d. alterationsmay be made therein' Without departingfrom the spirit of my in l vention.

What ll claim a's new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. Acontainer formed of cover-sections, and an intermediate curvedsurrounding wall-section flanged at its opposite edges, saidcover-sections being formed of disks having flangesinterlocked with theflanges on said wall-section, and means adjacent the inner surface ofsaid wall-section and arrangedV at the opposite edges of the latter andforming a backing for sa1d Wall-section `to prevent the latter from.crushing or collapsing in the op'- eration of interlockmgsaid flanges.

2. A container formed of cover-sections, and an intermediate curvedsurrounding Wall-section flanged at its,opposite edges, saidcover-sections being formed of disks havingflanges interlocked with theflanges on said wallsection,and shouldersvon said cover-sectionsadjacentthe inner surface of said wall-section, forming a backing for thelatter.

. 3. A container formed of cover-sections, and an intermediate .curvedsurrounding wall-'sectionl flanged atits 'opposite edges, saidcover-sections being formed of dlsks having -flan .es interlocked withthe flanges on saidjwall-,section and annular shoulders on saidcover-sections adjacent the inner sur face of said wall-section formingabacking for the latter.

4. A container formed of .cover-sections,

and -an intermediate curved surrounding Wall-section` Hanged at its'opposite edges, said cover-sections being formed ofdisks having flangesinterlockedwith the flanges on said Wall-section, and disks, providedadjacent their marginal edges with shoulders adjacent the inner surfaceof said Wall-section .forming a backing for the latter.

6. A container formed of cover-sections,

and an intermediate curved surrounding wall-section flanged at itsopposite edges,

said cover-seetions being formed of disks having flanges `interlockedwith the flanges on said wall-section, and disks provided ad.` jacenttheir marginal edges with annular shoulders adjacent the inner surfaceof said wall-section forming a backing. for the latter; v.

7. A container formed of cover-sections, and `an intermediate curvedsurrounding wall-section flanged at its opposite edges, saidcover-sections being formed of disks having flanges interlocked with theflan-ges on---said Wall-section, and disks confined between said firstreferredto disks and saidv Wallsection and held in place by the `inter-vlocking of` said flanges, said last-named disks be1ng provided adjacenttheir marginal f edges with shoulders adjacent the inner sur-I face ofsaid wall-section forming a backing for the latter? i 8. A containerformed of cover-sections and v a 'curved surrounding wall -sectionflanged at its opposite edges said cover-4 sections being each formed oftwo disks, one

of which is flanged and is 'interlocked with the',adjacent flange onsaid wallsection,`and

an edge thereof, said diskhaving a flange `surrounding the 'flange onsaid wall-section and interlocked therewi h, and a disk permanentlyretainedn th container and provided adjacent its marginal' edge with lashoulder adjacent the inner surface of said walllsection forming albacking for the latter to prevent crushing or collapsing of saidWall-section in the operation of interlocking said Hanges.

10. A container formed of activer-disk,

l and a curved surrounding wall-section hav-v ing an outwardly-turnedange'at an ledge thereof, said disk having a flange surround ing theflange oni said wallfsection and inirol terlocked therewithand a diskpermanently retained inthe container and provided adjacent its vmarginaledge with an annular shoulder adjacent the inner surface of saidwall-section and forming a backing for the latter'to prevent crushing`or collapsing of said wall-section in the operation of interlockingsaid anges.

11. A container formed of a cover-disk, and a curved surroundingwall-section having an outwardly-turned flange at an edge thereof, saiddiskhaving a flange surrounding the flange onsaid wall-section -andinterlocked therewith, anda disk confined bef' tween :saidiirst-referred-to disk and said wall-section and held in place by theinterlocking of said flanges, said last-named disk being provi( edadjacent its marginal edge with Ishoulderedportions adjacent the innersurface of said wall-section forming a backing for the latter. A

12. A container ormeduof a cover-disk, and an intermediate curvedsurrounding wall-section having an outwardly-turned flange at an edgethereof, said disk having a .iange surrounding'the fiange o n saidwallsection and'linterlocked therewith, and a disk confined adjacent theinner surface of said lfirst-named disk and reinforcing thel same, andhaving a portionthe'reof located adjacent the inner surface of said sidewall -and forming a backing for the latter.

13. A container formed of a cover-disk, and a curved surroundingwall-section having an outwardly-turned flange at an edgev thereof, saiddisk having a flange surroundof said flanges. v

14. In a container formed of a cover-disk, and a curved surroundingwall-section having an outwardly turned flange at an edge thereof, saiddisk yhaving a flange surrounding the iange on said wall-section andinterlocked therewith and a disk permanently retained in the containerand provided adjacent its marginal 'edge with an annular shoulderoff-set relative to the periphery of said last-named disk and extending"adjacent the inner surface of said Wall-section and forming a backingfor the latter to prevent crushing or collapsing of said wallsection inthe operation of interlocking said flanges.

JOSEPH KOMOROUS.

